Cuff-button.



L. amazon;

' DUFF BUTTON.

APPLIOA'I'IOI FILED FEB. 0,1910.

973,864. P tented Oct. 25, 1910.

7 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH 'L. HERZOG, OF NE! YORK, N. Y.

CUFF-BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

, Application filed February 9, 1910. Serial No. 542,825.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrn L. Hnnzoc, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have made and invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gulf-Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

-My invention relates to an improvement in cuff buttons, more particnlarlv to that style or kind generallyknown and referred to as link buttons.

Heretofore buttons of this kind or character have been usually constructed of three pieces of metal, namely the two disks and the connecting post, the latter being soldered or otherwise secured .at its ends to the disks,

.the result being that the greatest strain imposed upoh the button in attachin or detaching it from the cuff falls upon the weakest partof said button, that is. the soldered ends ofthe connecting post. 7

The object of my invention is to construct a button of one piece of metal, the disks and post bein made of the ordinary size and shape an of the same material or matepials as is usually employed in the. manufacture of the three piece button, whereby to overcordance with my invention.

come the inherent weakness of the latter W'lth this and other ends in view, the mvention consists 1n certain novel features of construction as will be hereinafter fully described and specifically-pointed out in the claim.

In the accom )anying drawings Figure 1 is a rear view 0 a button constructed in ac- Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig.

1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings it will be seen that my improved button is made of a single piece of metal and comprises the'disks 5 and 6 and the bent or curved connecting post or bar 7, the article being constructed of gold, silver, filled gold, or other desired metal. paratively' thin metal while the curved bar or post connecting said disks is made of comparatively thick metal as clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, said post being preferably made of oval shape in cross section The disks 5 and 6 are made of com- Patented Oct. 25, 1910.

in order to impart theretov the necessary strength in the direction in which the greatest amount of straln 1s lmposed thereon in attaching or detaching the button to or from where the ends of the post or bar 7 join the disks 5'and 6,I materially thicken the metal of the post at those points, allowing the metal 0 the post to gradually mer e into the metal formingthe disks, this rein orcing metal extending to approximately the center of said disks, the post joining said disks at or near the edge thereof. This metal therefore, not only serves to strengthen the article at the junction of the ends of the post and disks, but also tends to reinforce and strengthen the disks themselves, the whole having the appearance of a button constructed in the ordinary way, that is, of

three separate pieces of metal, but possessing much greater strength and durability.

While I have shown the bar or post 7 of oval shape in cross section, it will of coursebe understood that itmay be of round or circular shape, althou h I prefer to construct the button as H ustrated in order to increase the strength thereof and decrease the liability of its bein bent while attaching or detachin it from the cuff.

. Vhat I c aim is V A cufi button constructed of a single piece of metal. and comprising two disks connected by a bar, said bar merging into the metal of which the disks are formed at points within the outer edges of said disks. j

Signed at New York borough of .Manbutton in the county of New York and State of New. York this 8" day of February A. D. 1910. g v

Josnrrr L. HERZOG. WVit-nesses:

' A. VJVVALSH,

J. S. OLIVER. 

